WORLD IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Fighting in Capital Shatters Cease-Fire
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Several hours of heavy fighting between government troops and forces loyal to rebel leader Prince Johnson shattered a six-day cease-fire in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. Artillery and machine-gun fire shook the city before dawn as government troops fired at random from the presidential mansion. Up to 1,000 soldiers still loyal to the late President Samuel K. Doe are trapped in the mansion, between the lines of rival rebel factions.
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